Traité des songes et des visions nocturnes avec leurs significations, selon la doctrine des Anciens, expliquées par ordre alphabétique.

[Vulson de la Colombière, Marc].

Verlag: [Chalopin] [ca 1800], [Caen], 1800

Beschreibung

12mo (137 x 84 mm). 12 pp. Signatures: A\4, B\2. Stab-sewn with binder's thread in original blue plain wrappers. Reference: René Helot, La Bibliothèque bleue en Normandie (1928), p. 245. The text is a reduction of Vulson s 1660 original, which included a prose gloss and went on for 96 pages. The text is unchanged, there is just less of it. We learn, for instance, that if you dream that you are a tree, it means you are sick. If you dream that your teeth are longer than they really are, it means that your relatives are bothering you. Dreams of flying are a great honor. Dreaming of a beautiful person"qui aura la tête & le visage très beau" (with a beautiful head and face) means you will have joy, happiness and health. Yet it adds one important factor for popular consumption: not only does it explain the symbolism of your dreams, but it also publishes the most frequently drawn numbers in the Loterie Nationale. (Who hasn t dreamed of winning the lottery?) A rare document of popular credence and of the force of symbolism in popular culture. OCLC locates the Newberry and BnF copies only. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 6337

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Traité des songes et des visions nocturnes ...

Verlag: [Chalopin] [ca 1800], [Caen]

Erscheinungsdatum: 1800

Einband: Softcover

Zustand: Very Good